Holder for boxes



' March 1929. A. c. LIPPERT ETAL 1,704,047

HOLDER FOR BOXES Filed June 2, 1927 "I 5 gram/Mow A. C. Lljuperl cl M'Flaymezkr gum 36 M W Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

UNITED srrss" P-Arsur OFFICE.

ALBERT C. LIP PERT AND JOHN V. FLAGMEIER, 0F CANTON, OHIO.

HOLDER FOR BOXES.

Application filed June 2,

This invention relates to holders for pasteboard boxes such as are used for dispensing ice-cream and the like; and the objects of the improvement are to provide a holder which will support a number of the boxes in convenient position for use and in a clean and sanitary condition, each box being held open and ready for use.

The above and other objects may be attained by providing an inverted il-shaped frame, preferably formed of sheet metal and tapered to snugly lit the interior of one of the boxes to be held thereon, a plurality or" the boxes in nested position being inverted, the lowermost box fitting over the holder, permit ting the uppermost box tobe easily removed.

As icecream and the like usually dispensed in quart, pint or haltpint boxes, the

device may be made up of three or these inverted lJ-shaped frames the size and shape to receive the three sizes of boxes, the same being mounted. Within a casing open at its top to permit access to the boxes. An embodiment oit the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which i a Figure 11 is a perspective view oi the improved box holder;

Fig. 9., a transverse sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3, atop plan view, and I Fig. i, a side elevation of the device.

Similar numerals refer to similar, parts throughout the drawing.

A rectangular casing 1 of glass, sheet metal or other suitable material, open at its top to permit tree access to the boxes, may be pro vided to enclose a plurality of the box supporting frames.

Each of these frames is made of sheet metal or the like substantially in the form of an inverted U with its sides inclined toward each other and each side being tapered to tit the box to be supported thereby. v i

As illustrated in the drawing, these U- trames may be :tormed'to receive quart, pint and haltpint boxes as indicated generally at 2, 3, and 4;. i

The lower ends of the legs of each frame may be provided with flanges or channel portapered toward its upper end, a channel formed at the lower end of each leg and an 1927. Serial no. 195,969.

tions 5 to receive the loweredge portions of the casing 1.

The pasteboard boxes, indicated generally at 6, which may be of the usual construction provided for dispensing ice-cream and the like, are inverted and placed over the U- frames, the quart boxes being placed upon the tran'ie 2, the pint boxes upon the frame 3 and the half-pint boxes upon the frame l as shown.

Although for the purpose. of illustration only one box is illustrated as mounted upon each frame, it should be understood that a numberof these boxes nested together and inverted are to be supported upon each frame, all of the boxes being thus kept in a clean and sanitary condition and open and ready for use, while the uppermost box upon each frame is always easily accessible, and may be readily lifted from thepile of nested boxes.

The exterior only of the uppermost box is exposed, the remaining boxes being nested one within the other and entirely protected from dirt or dust, the interior of each box being always kept in clean and sanitary condition.

Although the invention is shown as adapted for supporting tapered rectangular boxes, it should be understood that tapered circular boxes or other tapered shapes may also be supported in the same manner. i

Advertising matter maybe placed upon t he outer'walls of the casing 1 and if desired, a separate detz'ichable panel bearing any kind of advertising matter may be connected to either wall o't-the casing 1. We claim: I I I 1. A holder for tapered boxes including an inverted U-shaped sheet metal frame having its legs inclined toward its. top and each leg being tapered towa 3d its upper end, a channel formed atthe lower end of each leg andan open casing surrounding the U-shaped frame and having its lower edges seated in said channels.

2. A holder for tapered boxes of various sizes including a plurality of inverted U shaped metal frames having their legs inclined toward their tops and each leg being open casing surrounding said U shaped frames and having its lower edges sealed in said channels. r

3. A holder for tapered boxes including an inverted U-slmped sheet metal frame having two legs inclined toward lLS top and each leg being tapered toward its upper end, a flange at the lower end of each leg, and Lil] open easing sull'onnding the U-slmped frame and having its lower edges connected to said flanges. 10

In testimony that We claim the above, We have llQlGUIltO subscribed our names.

ALBERT C. LIPPERT. JOHN V. FLAGMEIER. 

